Business Management, Associate in Science

The associate in science degree program in Business Management provides a core of business courses, which introduce students to a variety of subject areas within the field of business. It is designed to provide students with the general management skills needed for entry-level positions as supervisors, management or sales trainees, assistant managers or administrators. 

A minimum of 61 credits is required for graduation.

The Business Management Program is designed to prepare students for working in a variety of organizations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit – by providing them with general management skills training and coursework with a significant concentration in the field of business.

Any student enrolled in an associate degree program who is new to NECC and has no academic history at the college, must take at least one course designated as intensive in each of NECC’s six-core academic skills-in order to graduate. In most cases, the program’s core required courses include these intensive courses. Students should select electives that meet core academic skills that are not met by the required courses.  Plan to see an advisor for more complete information about this graduation requirement.

Requirements

CourseTitleCreditsCore Academic Skill(s)
ACC101Introductory Accounting I

3

ACC102Introductory Accounting II

3

Quantitative Reason Intensive

BUS102Introduction to Entrepreneurship

3

Written Communication Intensive

BUS101Introduction to Business

3

Global Awareness Intensive

Information Literacy Intensive

BUS105Managerial Business Communications

3

Written Communication Intensive

OR

COP110Internship Education I

3

BUS211Business Law I

3

CIS110Computer Applications

3

Science Technology Intensive

COM111Public Speaking

3

Public Presentation Intensive

ECO201Micro Economics

3

Quantitative Reason Intensive

OR

ECO202Macro Economics

3

Global Awareness Intensive

Quantitative Reason Intensive

ENG101English Composition I

3

ENG102English Composition II

3

FIN201Business Finance

3

MGT201Principles of Management

3

MKT210Principles of Marketing

3

Written Communication Intensive

PSY105Organizational Behavior

3

SOC101Introduction to Sociology

3

Business ElectiveSee Elective Advice

3

Math ElectiveSee Elective Advice

3-4

Math ElectiveSee Elective Advice

4

Science ElectiveSee Elective Advice

3-4

Elective Advice:
Business Elective: Students transferring should take ACC203
Math Elective: MAT120 or higher
Science Elective: See an Advisor

Courses with PrerequisitesACC102, BUS102, BUS211, ENG102, FIN201, MGT201, MKT210

Milestone Courses: ACC101, ACC102, BUS101, BUS102, MGT201

Recommended Course Sequence/Pathway Business Management, Associate in Science

CourseTitleCreditsCore Academic Skill(s)

Year 1 Fall

CourseTitleCreditsCore Academic Skill(s)
BUS101Introduction to Business

3

Global Awareness Intensive

Information Literacy Intensive

CIS110Computer Applications

3

Science Technology Intensive

ENG101English Composition I

3

SOC101Introduction to Sociology

3

Math ElectiveSee Elective Advice

3-4

Year 1 Spring

CourseTitleCreditsCore Academic Skill(s)
ACC101Introductory Accounting I

3

ENG102English Composition II

3

MGT201Principles of Management

3

PSY105Organizational Behavior

3

Math ElectiveSee Elective Advice

4

Year 2 Fall

CourseTitleCreditsCore Academic Skill(s)
ACC102Introductory Accounting II

3

Quantitative Reason Intensive

BUS211Business Law I

3

COM111Public Speaking

3

Public Presentation Intensive

ECO201Micro Economics

3

Quantitative Reason Intensive

OR

ECO202Macro Economics

3

Global Awareness Intensive

Quantitative Reason Intensive

MKT210Principles of Marketing

3

Written Communication Intensive

Year 2 Spring

CourseTitleCreditsCore Academic Skill(s)
BUS102Introduction to Entrepreneurship

3

Written Communication Intensive

BUS105Managerial Business Communications

3

Written Communication Intensive

OR

COP110Internship Education I

3

FIN201Business Finance

3

Business ElectiveSee Elective Advice

3

Science ElectiveSee Elective Advice

3-4

Total Credit Hours: 61